Bespoke Rugby Memorabilia Framing · Manchester
Hand-built shadow-box frames for signed, match-worn, Lions tour and Six Nations shirts — reinforced archival mounts, UV glass, no pins through the fabric. Made in our Timperley workshop, shipped UK-wide.
Built for the heavier shirt
Rugby shirts carry more weight than football kits — literally and emotionally. Heavy cotton retros, modern tight-fit replicas, Lions tour shirts signed by the squad: every piece needs a frame deep enough to hold the fabric flat and considered enough to sit on a living-room wall for thirty years.
Every shirt is mounted with hidden archival stitching at the shoulders, sleeves and hem — no pins through the shirt, no glue near the signature — inside a deep shadow-box frame with UV glazing. Reinforced mount boards. Hand-cut mouldings. Gallery-grade finish.
Rugby shirts are heavier and bulkier than football shirts — collared cotton, hooped shirts, modern tight-fit replicas. We use deep 50–65mm rebate shadow-box frames with reinforced mount boards so the shirt sits flat without sagging.
Six Nations, World Cup, club legends — signed rugby shirts are mounted with hidden archival stitching and UV-protective glazing as standard. No pins through the fabric, no glue near the signature, no fading over time.
Mount boards picked to lift club colours — black for Saracens and All Blacks, red for Wales and Munster, green and white for Ireland. Hand-cut timber and contemporary aluminium mouldings to match your room.
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Three ways to frame it
The classic. Folded once with the badge and signature visible, set on a club-colour mount inside a deep shadow box with UV glass. Engraved plaque underneath with player, opposition and date.
Shirt with match programme, ticket stub, pennant and team photo — multi-aperture mount cut to your layout. The heirloom version of a signed rugby shirt and the standard format for testimonial gifts.
Two, three or four shirts in one large frame — a player's club career, a Six Nations grand slam, or a Lions tour set. Mounted on a continuous board so the collection reads as a single story.
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Other sports
The same shadow-box techniques work for any sports memorabilia. For signed football kits see our football shirt framing page, for military and sporting medals see medal framing, or browse the full range of 3D objects and heirlooms on our memorabilia framing page.
Weighing up the display decisions first? Our guide to framing a football or rugby shirt walks through folded versus full-front, collars and hoops, and what changes for heavier rugby kit.
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